18119 2008-12-06 05:58:38 +0300 symlinks for managing sources.list.d/ (on/off) 2008-12-06 19:43:20 +0300 1 1 4 Development Sisyphus apt-conf-sisyphus unstable all Linux NEW P2 enhancement --- 1 imz glebfm glebfm iv ldv qa-sisyphus oldest_to_newest 82326 0 imz 2008-12-06 05:58:38 +0300 apt-conf-sisyphus-5.0-alt2 I suggest to manage the on/off status of mirrors in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ with symlinks, as it is done in apache2-common-2.2.5-alt1: $ l /etc/httpd2/conf/mods-enabled/ total 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 448 Ноя 29 22:04 ./ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Ноя 29 22:04 cgi.load -> ../mods-available/cgi.load drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 592 Ноя 29 20:55 ../ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Авг 23 2007 setenvif.conf -> ../mods-available/setenvif.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Авг 23 2007 setenvif.load -> ../mods-available/setenvif.load lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Июл 14 2007 alias.load -> ../mods-available/alias.load lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Июл 14 2007 authz_host.load -> ../mods-available/authz_host.load lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Июл 14 2007 autoindex.load -> ../mods-available/autoindex.load lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Июл 14 2007 dir.load -> ../mods-available/dir.load lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Июл 14 2007 include.load -> ../mods-available/include.load lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Июл 14 2007 log_config.load -> ../mods-available/log_config.load lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Июл 14 2007 logio.load -> ../mods-available/logio.load lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Июл 14 2007 mime.conf -> ../mods-available/mime.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Июл 14 2007 mime.load -> ../mods-available/mime.load lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Июл 14 2007 negotiation.load -> ../mods-available/negotiation.load $ l /etc/httpd2/conf/mods-available/ | head total 271 drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 592 Ноя 29 20:55 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2200 Авг 23 2007 ./ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66 Авг 19 2007 actions.load -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62 Авг 19 2007 alias.load -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60 Авг 19 2007 asis.load -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72 Авг 19 2007 auth_basic.load -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74 Авг 19 2007 auth_digest.load -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72 Авг 19 2007 authn_anon.load -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70 Авг 19 2007 authn_dbd.load $ W.r.t. apt, that would mean that there is a /etc/apt/available-sources.list.d/ , which contains all the possible mirrors (uncommented), and the one that is actually used is pointed to by a symlink like: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/alt_ftp.list -> /etc/apt/available-sources.list.d/alt_ftp.list Doing symlinks is less distressing than commenting/uncommenting. Also, the symlink-approach can be extended to switch between branches independently of mirror sites. E.g., /etc/apt/sources.list.d/alt_ftp.list -> /etc/apt/available-sources.list.d/selected-branch/alt_ftp.list where /etc/apt/available-sources.list.d/selected-branch -> /etc/apt/available-sources.list.d/Sisyphus/ 82339 1 imz 2008-12-06 19:37:11 +0300 Even if the second part of the suggestion is not implemented (/etc/apt/available-sources.list.d/selected-branch -> /etc/apt/available-sources.list.d/Sisyphus/), then the suggested approach still gives an advantage of easy switching between branches: apt-conf-whatever contains all the possible URLs for the selected branch in /etc/apt/available-sources.list.d/* . You choose some of the sites by putting a symlink to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ , say: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/alt_ftp.list -> /etc/apt/available-sources.list.d/alt_ftp.list . Then switching to another branch is as easy as installing another apt-conf-aBranch package: it will replace the contents of /etc/apt/available-sources.list.d/*, but your symlink /etc/apt/sources.list.d/alt_ftp.list will still be valid and working. (Compare this one action to the current process for switching to another branch: 1) install another apt-conf-aBranch; 2) merge the new files with your old uncommented ones (inconvenient!).) 82340 2 imz 2008-12-06 19:43:20 +0300 I'd even prefer this second way of making the switching of branches easier, because it's simpler and clearer, than the initial suggestion of stacked symlinks. (In reply to comment #1) > . Then switching to another branch is as easy as installing another apt-conf-aBranch package: it will replace the contents of > /etc/apt/available-sources.list.d/*, but your symlink /etc/apt/sources.list.d/alt_ftp.list will still be valid and working.